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1130986

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) St Helens borough, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) the North West and (d) the UK paid tax in the tax bands (i) up to £8,632, (ii) £8,632 to £12,500, (iii) £12,500 to £50,000, (iii) £50,000 to £100,000 and (iv) above £100,000 in the most recent period for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	262410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of tax paying individuals in the areas requested are provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2019 14:58:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name Table attachment for Conor McGinn PQ.docx title Table relating to PQ UIN 262410
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

532422

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Insurance: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the (a) regulation of the insurance industry and (b) implementation of the Solvency II Directive.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	41683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Action taken by the Government and the Bank of England over the last six years has substantially strengthened the resilience of the financial system, and the authorities have all the necessary tools in place to protect financial stability.</p><p> </p><p>Following the referendum result, the Government must now prepare for a negotiation to exit the EU to ensure that the interests of all parts of the UK are protected and advanced. I want us to agree an economic relationship with the rest of Europe that provides for the best possible terms of trade in financial services, including insurance.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain’s future relationship with Europe will begin under a new Prime Minister. In the meantime, and during the negotiations that follow, there will be no change to the way that insurance is sold or regulated.</p><p> </p><p>Much financial regulation currently applicable in the UK derives from EU legislation, including Solvency II. Until negotiations are concluded, we remain a full member of the EU and must meet our obligations as a member of the EU.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/07/2016 14:08:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

532423

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Banks: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the transposition of the Basel III reform measures into UK law.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	41690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to support the need for international standards, such as the capital framework developed by the international Basel Committee on Banking Standards. These are important to ensure both financial stability and a level playing field for the UK’s world-leading financial services industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain’s future relationship with Europe will begin under a new Prime Minister. Until negotiations are concluded, we remain a full member of the EU and must meet our obligations as a member of the EU.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/07/2016 14:20:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

790886

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what per head spending from the public purse was in each financial year since 2010-11 in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	113514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>Public sector spending per head for the St Helens North constituency, St Helens or for Merseyside are not held centrally by the UK Government. However, identifiable expenditure per head for the North West region are available from the Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) of public expenditure. Please refer to Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Communities and Local Government do provide expenditure data at Local Authority level on the GOV.UK website. However, this only shows local government spend and not total public sector expenditure.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1 Total identifiable expenditure on services per head: North West</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ per head</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>9,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>9,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>9,429</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: </strong>2010-11 data taken from CRA 2015. 2011-12 data taken from CRA 2016. 2012-13 to 2016-17 data taken from CRA 2017</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Data for 2010-11 and 2011-12 were taken from earlier editions of the CRA so will not be fully comparable to data from 2012-13 onwards that was taken from CRA 2017 due to possible changes to methodology between editions.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/11/2017 11:50:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

905632

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents using the tax free childcare online application system have submitted compensation claims after not receiving a top-up from HMRC; what the average amount of those claims is; what the average response time for such claims has been; and how much compensation has been paid (a) to each such claimant and (b) in total.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	144949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 12 March 2018 (PQ 131774).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC currently processes the vast majority of payments in lieu of government top-up within 5 working days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:19:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

906298

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which company is contracted to resolve technical issues with the tax free childcare online application system; what targets are set in that contract; and how much money that is paid to that company under that contract.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	145359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The vast majority of parents can use the childcare service (through which they apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare) without any problems. HMRC has been working with their delivery partner National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I) and NS&amp;I’s supplier Atos to make improvements to the service. As a result over 99% of parents are now receiving their eligibility decision within 5 working days.</p><p>It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on contractual matters between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 22/05/2018 13:02:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

385931

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: St Helens North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from residents and businesses in St Helens North constituency were unanswered in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	4440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data by constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/07/2015 11:22:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1244689

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Liverpool City Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic effect of the tier-3 local covid restrictions on (a) the Liverpool City Region and (b) the six individual boroughs in that combined authority, in the event that those restrictions last (i) 28, (ii) 56, (iii) 112 and (iv) 224 days.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	105434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK, along with many other countries around the world, has experienced a severe recession caused by coronavirus, and no major economy has avoided a dramatic fall in GDP. In response to those restrictions, the government took action to protect jobs and livelihoods and support businesses through the deepest global recession in decades.</p><p> </p><p>Since they were classed as Very High Alert, the government has also recently provided local authorities in Liverpool City Region with £44m to support businesses and public health. The government had already provided businesses in the Liverpool City Region with £1.3bn in direct support through grants and loans, and local authorities with £136m of additional support to address Covid-related pressures.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/10/2020 09:56:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1454822

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: St Helens North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with commercial banks operating in St Helens North constituency on protecting (a) free to use ATMs and (b) wider access to cash.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	148257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, particularly those in vulnerable groups, and has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the government held an Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities. The government has carefully considered responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>On access to free-to-use ATMs specifically, free-to-use ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to provide shared services. The Government welcomes the direction set by industry’s commitments at the end of last year and looks forward to seeing what results they deliver in protecting cash facilities for local communities across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 148258 question first answered 31/03/2022 14:59:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1454823

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the Access to Cash consultation; and when his Department plans to respond to it.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	148258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, particularly those in vulnerable groups, and has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the government held an Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities. The government has carefully considered responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>On access to free-to-use ATMs specifically, free-to-use ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to provide shared services. The Government welcomes the direction set by industry’s commitments at the end of last year and looks forward to seeing what results they deliver in protecting cash facilities for local communities across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 148257 question first answered 31/03/2022 14:59:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1223890

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Money
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and c) the UK for whom cash is their primary payment method.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	72975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important for many individuals and businesses across the UK. That is why, at the March 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to protect access to cash for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with the financial regulators, including through the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s cash infrastructure and ensure that those who rely on cash to transact can continue to do so in the long-term. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulators are developing a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK in relation to social economic factors that reflect consumer needs, building upon their mapping work carried out during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, publishes the annual total of free-to-use ATMs across the UK since 1998 online. As of 2019, there were 45,000 free-to-use ATMs in the UK; although this is less than the peak number in 2017, this remains 13% higher than a decade ago. LINK’s Monthly ATM Footprint Report also publishes information monthly on the break down by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, financial services firms have announced a range of measures to support vulnerable customers. We are working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure there is continued support for these people. For example, many firms have methods for trusted third parties to access cash. Anyone with questions should contact their banking service provider.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 72976 72977 question first answered 16/07/2020 09:46:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1223892

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of free-to-use ATMs in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	72976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important for many individuals and businesses across the UK. That is why, at the March 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to protect access to cash for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with the financial regulators, including through the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s cash infrastructure and ensure that those who rely on cash to transact can continue to do so in the long-term. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulators are developing a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK in relation to social economic factors that reflect consumer needs, building upon their mapping work carried out during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, publishes the annual total of free-to-use ATMs across the UK since 1998 online. As of 2019, there were 45,000 free-to-use ATMs in the UK; although this is less than the peak number in 2017, this remains 13% higher than a decade ago. LINK’s Monthly ATM Footprint Report also publishes information monthly on the break down by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, financial services firms have announced a range of measures to support vulnerable customers. We are working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure there is continued support for these people. For example, many firms have methods for trusted third parties to access cash. Anyone with questions should contact their banking service provider.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 72975 72977 question first answered 16/07/2020 09:46:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1223894

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Money: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to promote adequate access to alternative payment methods during the covid-19 outbreak for people whose primary payment method is cash.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	72977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important for many individuals and businesses across the UK. That is why, at the March 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to protect access to cash for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with the financial regulators, including through the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s cash infrastructure and ensure that those who rely on cash to transact can continue to do so in the long-term. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulators are developing a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK in relation to social economic factors that reflect consumer needs, building upon their mapping work carried out during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, publishes the annual total of free-to-use ATMs across the UK since 1998 online. As of 2019, there were 45,000 free-to-use ATMs in the UK; although this is less than the peak number in 2017, this remains 13% higher than a decade ago. LINK’s Monthly ATM Footprint Report also publishes information monthly on the break down by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, financial services firms have announced a range of measures to support vulnerable customers. We are working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure there is continued support for these people. For example, many firms have methods for trusted third parties to access cash. Anyone with questions should contact their banking service provider.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 72975 72976 question first answered 16/07/2020 09:46:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1173686

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise public awareness of and (b) encourage young people to access monies held in their name in Child Trust Fund accounts.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	8356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC is working closely with Child Trust Fund providers and the wider industry to assist those who have difficulty in locating a misplaced Child Trust Fund account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC:</p><ul><li>has improved the National Insurance Notification (NINO) letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Fund scheme;</li><li>has worked with a charity, The Share Foundation, to develop a process whereby the charity can link children with their account; and</li><li>is developing a simplified system for account tracing which will assist those with a limited digital footprint.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, while CTF providers are already required to send regular statements to the contact for the account, regulations were laid on 15 January which will require them to send a statement in the year the child reaches 17 in anticipation of the maturity of the account.</p><p> </p><p>If a child, or their parent, does not know which provider is managing the child’s account, HMRC provides a tracing service, which can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>As accounts do not begin to mature until September 2020, no accounts are currently unclaimed, and the total value of unclaimed funds is zero.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations laid on 15 January ensure that any CTF account not claimed by the account holder when they turn 18 will retain its tax-free status until it is claimed. These regulations also provide that funds in a mature CTF may be transferred to an ISA without counting towards the individual’s annual ISA subscription limit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8357 8358 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:05:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1173687

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total number of unclaimed Child Trust Fund accounts in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	8357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC is working closely with Child Trust Fund providers and the wider industry to assist those who have difficulty in locating a misplaced Child Trust Fund account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC:</p><ul><li>has improved the National Insurance Notification (NINO) letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Fund scheme;</li><li>has worked with a charity, The Share Foundation, to develop a process whereby the charity can link children with their account; and</li><li>is developing a simplified system for account tracing which will assist those with a limited digital footprint.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, while CTF providers are already required to send regular statements to the contact for the account, regulations were laid on 15 January which will require them to send a statement in the year the child reaches 17 in anticipation of the maturity of the account.</p><p> </p><p>If a child, or their parent, does not know which provider is managing the child’s account, HMRC provides a tracing service, which can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>As accounts do not begin to mature until September 2020, no accounts are currently unclaimed, and the total value of unclaimed funds is zero.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations laid on 15 January ensure that any CTF account not claimed by the account holder when they turn 18 will retain its tax-free status until it is claimed. These regulations also provide that funds in a mature CTF may be transferred to an ISA without counting towards the individual’s annual ISA subscription limit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8356 8358 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:05:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1173688

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of unclaimed funds currently residing in Child Trust Fund accounts.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	8358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC is working closely with Child Trust Fund providers and the wider industry to assist those who have difficulty in locating a misplaced Child Trust Fund account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC:</p><ul><li>has improved the National Insurance Notification (NINO) letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Fund scheme;</li><li>has worked with a charity, The Share Foundation, to develop a process whereby the charity can link children with their account; and</li><li>is developing a simplified system for account tracing which will assist those with a limited digital footprint.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, while CTF providers are already required to send regular statements to the contact for the account, regulations were laid on 15 January which will require them to send a statement in the year the child reaches 17 in anticipation of the maturity of the account.</p><p> </p><p>If a child, or their parent, does not know which provider is managing the child’s account, HMRC provides a tracing service, which can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>As accounts do not begin to mature until September 2020, no accounts are currently unclaimed, and the total value of unclaimed funds is zero.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations laid on 15 January ensure that any CTF account not claimed by the account holder when they turn 18 will retain its tax-free status until it is claimed. These regulations also provide that funds in a mature CTF may be transferred to an ISA without counting towards the individual’s annual ISA subscription limit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8356 8357 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:05:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1256719

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Liverpool City Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect of the restrictions on hospitality businesses in the covid-19 tier system on the wholesale sector in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	122791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented levels of support for workers and businesses to protect, as much as possible, against the current economic emergency. Food and drink wholesalers have been eligible for a number of these support schemes, with the most relevant likely to include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help keep millions of people in employment;</li><li>£10,000 cash grants for all business properties in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief and Rural Rates Relief;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000, with no interest payments or fees for the first 12 months.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Food and drink wholesalers have also benefited from the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme which provided over 100 million half price meals during August and helped to protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 03/12/2020 14:53:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1653462

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential to use tax incentives to encourage investment in the creative industries.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	194440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK offers eight creative industry tax reliefs for film, high end TV, animation, children’s TV, video games, orchestras, theatres and museums and galleries exhibitions. The reliefs have a key role in stimulating growth and encouraging investment in the UK’s world-leading creative industries. Inward investment in UK film and high-end TV reaching a record figure of more than £5.3 billion in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has identified the creative sector as a priority for economic growth. The Chancellor regularly engages stakeholders, including through the Creative Industries Conference which the Chancellor hosted on 3 May 2023. The conference brought together industry leaders and stakeholders from across the creative industries and covered a range of issues related to driving further growth in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the tax system under continuous review. Any changes to tax reliefs would be communicated through the normal fiscal event process</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/07/2023 14:15:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1679095

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: First Time Buyers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Lifetime ISAs for helping first-time buyers in (a) Merseyside (b) St Helens.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	7601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people of all incomes and at all stages of life to save, and to making the aspiration of home ownership a reality for as many households as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Lifetime ISA is intended to support younger people saving for their first home or for later life by offering a generous government bonus of 25% on up to £4,000 of savings each year. These funds, including the government bonus, can be used to purchase a first home up to the value of £450,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains of the view that the property price cap is set at an appropriate level to support most first-time buyers across the UK while targeting households that may find it most difficult to get onto the property ladder. The withdrawal charge is needed to protect the LISA’s status as a long-term savings product. Reducing this and would encourage the use of LISAs in ways for which they were not intended.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not undertake an assessment of the effectiveness of the LISA by region, however the Government regularly publishes annual savings statistics, which includes information on the LISA. (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022)</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to keep all aspects of savings tax policy under review and considers all representations made carefully, with any changes made as part of the Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 7375 7376 question first answered 09/01/2024 17:23:54 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1679096

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Owner Occupation: St Helens North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of trends in the level of interest rates on homeowners in St Helens North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	7602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The pricing and availability of mortgages is a commercial decision for lenders in which the Government does not intervene. However, the Government recognises this is a concerning time for mortgage borrowers.</p><p>Rising interest rates are in part driven by Bank Rate. Monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England. The MPC continues to have the Government’s full support as it takes action to return inflation to target through its independent monetary policy decisions.</p><p>The average offered mortgage rates on 2-year and 5-year fixed rates have now fallen from their peak in the Summer.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to limit the impact of rising interest rates on mortgage holders, through the Mortgage Charter. This Charter sets out the standards that signatory lenders – who represent over 90% of the UK mortgage market – will adopt when helping their customers.</p><p>We have also taken a number of measures aimed at helping people to avoid repossession, including protection in the courts through the Pre-Action Protocol, the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS), and Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans. Accordingly, arrears and repossessions remain low by historical standards, despite the rise in interest costs.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 7378 question first answered 08/01/2024 08:15:21 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1259264

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in (a) St Helens Borough Council, (b) St Helens CCG, (c) St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (d) Merseytravel, (e) Merseyside Police and (f) Liverpool City Region Combined Authority are paid more than (i) £80,000, (ii) £100,000, (iii) £150,000, (iv) £200,000 and (v) £250,000 per annum.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	126916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The information cannot be provided in the form requested due to taxpayer confidentiality and the low numbers of recipients in the bands requested, which could be identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC in collaboration with the ONS publish Employment and Earnings statistics that show that fewer than 5% of UK employees each month are paid more than an annual equivalent income of £80,000 and less than 1% of employees are paid more than an annual equivalent income of £150,000<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/november2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/november2020</a> (Figure 5)</sup></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2020 15:47:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1180017

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of business rates on the ability of registered childcare providers to remain financially viable in England.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	19997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government appreciates that business rates can represent a high fixed cost for small businesses. Childcare providers may be eligible for Small Business Rates Relief, where the smallest businesses pay no business rates at all. All childcare providers will benefit from the change from RPI to CPI indexation of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be conducting a fundamental review of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2020 11:48:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1185907

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West have a rateable value of less than £51,000.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	30910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2019:</p><p> </p><p>(a) For the St Helens billing authority, there were 4,704 non-domestic properties. 4,267 (91%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000;</p><p>(b) For the Liverpool City Region (combining the billing authorities of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral) there were 47,676 non-domestic properties. 43,541 (91%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000;</p><p>(c) For the North West region, there were 273,784 non-domestic properties. 251,829 (92%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency publishes statistics on the stock of properties at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-including-business-floorspace-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-including-business-floorspace-2019</a>. The next update to these statistics is planned for July 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2020 16:49:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1190150

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial assistance to employees who were working before 19 March 2020, but are exempt from the furlough scheme due to a real-time information submission after this date by their employer.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	39618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020 and for whom HMRC received an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before the 19 March 2020. Those not eligible for the scheme may be eligible for other support Government is providing, including a package of temporary welfare measures and up to three months’ mortgage payment holidays for those struggling with their mortgage payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2020 15:21:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1197055

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, what recent estimate he has made of the number of women whose average income calculation has been reduced by maternity leave taken in the previous three tax years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	49041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Eligibility for the SEISS and the size of the grant paid out is based on information provided to HMRC on self-assessment returns. Self-assessment returns do not include information on breaks in trade, such as the dates or the reasons. HMRC do not know why an individual’s profits may have dropped from self-assessment returns. As a result, a precise estimate relating to the impact of maternity leave is not available. However, the SEISS grant is calculated based on average profits between 2016/17 and 2018/19. This mitigates any periods of reduced earnings which all self-employed individuals may experience.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/06/2020 10:40:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1236049

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on unemployment of the ending of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) St Helens North, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	92807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has supported 13,200 employments in St Helens North, 64,900 employments in the local authority of Liverpool and 1,035,600 employments in the North West region of England.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these employments will have already returned to work. In the North West region of England, as of 31 July, the number of employments furloughed had fallen to 453,700.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context, evolving as restrictions have changed. Today the Government has published its Winter Economy Plan, a targeted package of measures to support jobs and business through the winter months. As part of that Plan, the Job Support Scheme will support viable businesses who are facing lower demand due to COVID-19 to keep their employees in work and attached to the workforce. This is in addition to the targeted Plan for Jobs, which includes a Job Retention Bonus to encourage firms to keep on furloughed workers, providing £1.2 billion to significantly expand and enhance work search support, as well as additional support to people to build the skills they need to get into work, and the new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, creating hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:36:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1236050

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on unemployment among 16-24-year olds of ending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) St Helens North, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	92808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has supported the employment of nearly 1.89 million 16-24-year olds across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these employees will have already returned to work. Across the whole of the UK and all ages, the number of employments furloughed has decreased from a peak of 8.9 million on 8 May to about 4.8 million on 31 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context, and today the Government has published its Winter Economy Plan, a targeted package of measures to support jobs and business through the winter months. As part of that Plan, the Job Support Scheme will support viable businesses who are facing lower demand due to COVID-19 to keep their employees in work and attached to the workforce. This is in addition to the targeted Plan for Jobs, which includes a Job Retention Bonus to encourage firms to keep on furloughed workers, £1.2 billion to expand and enhance work search support, additional support to people to build the skills they need to get into work, and the new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, creating hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:30:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1236051

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on unemployment in the hospitality sector of ending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) St Helens North, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	92809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has supported 182,000 employments in the accommodation and food services sector specifically in the North West region.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these employments will have already returned to work. In the accommodation and food services sector across the UK, the number of employments furloughed has decreased from a peak of 1.62 million on 10 April to 942,300 on 31 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context. As restrictions have changed, Government support has evolved. Today the Government has published its Winter Economy Plan, a targeted package of measures to support jobs and business through the winter months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:31:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1489378

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with firms across the vehicle leasing sector on the potential merits of extending benefit-in-kind taxation rates for battery electric cars beyond 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	36810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>Like all taxes, benefit-in-kind tax rates for company cars, also known as Company Car Tax (CCT), are kept under review. The Government aims to announce CCT rates at least two years ahead of implementation to provide certainty for employers, employees and fleet operators.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 19/07/2022 12:46:58 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1483574

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 5p per litre reduction in fuel duty announced on 23 March 2022, what assessment he has made of that policy’s (a) efficacy and (b) impact for consumers to date.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	25910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2022 in response to fuel prices reaching record levels, the Government announced a temporary 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre.</p><p> </p><p>This is the largest cash-terms cut across all fuel duty rates at once, ever, and is only the second time in 20 years that main rates of petrol and diesel have been cut. This cut represents savings for households and businesses worth around £2.4 billion in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that it expects those in the supply chain to pass the fuel duty cut through to consumers as promptly as possible. Following a request from the Business Secretary, the Competition and Markets Authority will undertake a short and focused review of the fuel market and will provide advice to the Government on steps that could be taken to improve outcomes for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes, including fuel duty, remain under review.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2022 07:46:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

420959

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under 25 years old in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK receive tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	11553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest information on the number of tax credit recipients under 25 in the UK can be found in table 3.1 of the April 2015 Personal Tax Credits published statistics, found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-provisional-statistics-2013-to-2009" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-provisional-statistics-2013-to-2009</a></p><p>These statistics are published in April and December each year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2015 13:38:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

389011

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: St Helens North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of households in St Helens North constituency affected by the changes to tax credits proposed in the Summer Budget 2015; and what his estimate is of the effect on each such household of those changes.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	6403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement in the St Helens North constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/07/2015 13:38:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

532424

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential economic effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	41696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>While it is clear that we do now face a significant economic challenge as a result of the referendum decision, the UK economy is well placed to respond. Over the last six years we have taken a series of difficult decisions in order to rebuild our economy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has invested in the Northern Powerhouse, securing agreement to elect five new powerful mayors across the north, and making substantial investment commitments in transport, science, research and culture. The employment rate in the North is close to record highs.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/07/2016 14:21:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

709631

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average change will be in national insurance contributions for self-employed people in (a) St Helens North, (b) North West and (c) the UK will be after the new rate announced in the Spring Budget 2017.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	67251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s oral statement in the House of Commons on 15 March, the Government will no longer be proceeding with the changes announced at Spring Budget 2017 to increase Class 4 National Insurance contributions (NICs) in April 2018 and April 2019. The abolition of Class 2 NICs will continue as announced in April 2018 meaning 3.6 million people will gain on average £135 per year. No self-employed person will have to pay more NICs as a result of these changes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 67418 67683 question first answered 20/03/2017 11:49:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn